Leslie Uggams

Personal Info

Birthday

May 25, 1943

(82 years old)

Place of Birth

Harlem, New York, USA

Also Known As

Leslie Marian Uggams

萊斯莉·奧加姆斯

Leslie Uggams

Biography

Leslie Marian Uggams (born May 25, 1943) is an American actress and singer. Beginning her career as a child in the early 1950s, Uggams is recognized for portraying Kizzy Reynolds in the television miniseries Roots (1977), earning Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations for her performance. She had earlier been highly acclaimed for the Broadway musical Hallelujah, Baby!, winning a Theatre World Award in 1967 and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1968. Later in her career, Uggams received renewed notice with appearances alongside Ryan Reynolds as Blind Al in Deadpool (2016) & Deadpool 2 (2018) and in a recurring role on Empire.

Known For

Family Guy

Deadpool & Wolverine

The Love Boat

The Good Wife

Fallout

New Amsterdam

Magnum, P.I.

The Cosby Show

Filmography

2024
Deadpool & Wolverine
as Blind Al
2023
American Fiction
as Agnes Ellison
Dotty and Soul
as Dotty
2022
Nanny
as Kathleen
The Ravine
as Joanna
2021
Show of Titles
as "Hallelujah, Baby!" Performer
2020
Blithe Spirit
as Madame Arcati
2019
The Apollo
as Self
2018
Once Upon a Deadpool
as Blind Al
Deadpool 2
as Blind Al
2016
Deadpool
as Blind Al
2009
Toe to Toe
as Grandma
2007
Words and Music by Jerry Herman
as Self
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
1994
Jerry Herman's Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl
as Self
Sugar Hill
as Doris Holly
1988
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
as Self
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1981
Sizzle
as Vonda
1978
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
as Self
1975
Poor Pretty Eddie
as Elizabeth 'Liz' Wetherly
1974
Easter Is
as (voice)
1972
Black Girl
as Netta
Skyjacked
as Lovejoy Wells
S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
as Self
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
1962
Two Weeks in Another Town
as Chanteuse